Genus AZENIA Grote

(1) Azenia implora Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 29, 9. Not an uncommon insect in Arizona.

Genus LITHACODIA Hübner

(1) Lithacodia bellicula Hübner, Plate XXIX, Fig. 30, 8. This little moth may be found from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains. It is the only species of its genus occurring in the United States.

Genus PROTHYMIA Hübner

(1) Prothymia rhodarialis Walker, Plate XXIX, Fig. 38, 9. Syn. coccineifascia Grote.

The species ranges from Massachusetts to Texas.

(2) Prothymia semipurpurea Walker, Plate XXIX, Fig. 36, 9.

The species has the same range as the last. The specimen figured was taken at New Brighton, Pa., by the Messrs. Merrick, whose ardent and successful labors as collectors of the local fauna deserve all praise.

(3) Prothymia orgyiæ Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 37, 8. This is a Texan species.

Genus EXYRA Grote

(1) Exyra semicrocea Guenée, Plate XXIX, Fig. 35, 9. There are four species of the genus Exyra attributed to our fauna, but only one of these is figured. The species are mainly southern in their range. Exyra semicrocea is found from New Jersey southward and westward as far as Texas.

Genus XANTHOPTERA Guenée

Two of the four species which are found within the limits of the United States are represented upon our plates.

(1) Xanthoptera nigrofimbria Guenée, Plate XXIX, Fig. 33, 8.

The insect is found in the southern portions of the Appalachian subregion.

(2) Xanthoptera semiflava Guenée, Plate XXIX, Fig. 34, 8. The distribution of this species is identical with that of the one last mentioned.

Genus THALPOCHARES Lederer

The only species of this genus found within our faunal limits is a native of Florida. It received the specific name ætheria at the hands of Mr. Grote. The illustration we give is drawn

FIG. 156.-Thalpochares ætheria, Q. §.

from the type which is preserved in the British Museum, and was drawn for this book by Mr. Horace Knight under the direction of Sir George F. Hampson. The insect is not common in collections.

Genus EUMESTLETA Butler

Seven species are given by Dyar in his Catalogue as occurring within the limits of the United States. The insects have a southern and southwestern range, occurring in the Gulf States and in Arizona. We have selected one of them for illustration. (1) Eumestleta flammicincta Walker, Plate XXIX, Fig. 39, 8.

Syn. patula Morrison; patruelis Grote.

The habitat of this insect is Florida and Texas.

Genus GYROS Henry Edwards

There is only one species of this genus known. It received the name muiri through Mr. Henry Edwards in honor of his friend, John Muir, the well-known writer, whose charming descriptions of the natural beauties of the western portions of our continent have established for him an enviable

position in the world of letters. The moth is FIG. 157.-Gyros found in California.

muiri,

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Genus TRIPUDIA Grote

This is a genus of considerable size, represented in the western and southwestern States by nine species, and well represented in the fauna of Mexico and Central America.

(1) Tripudia opipara Henry Edwards, Plate XXIX, Fig. 40, .

This is a very common species in Texas.

Genus METAPONIA Duponchel

The genus is represented in both hemispheres. Three species occur in our fauna. Of these we figure two.

(1) Metaponia obtusa Herrich-Schæffer, Plate XXIX, Fig. 41, .

Syn. obtusula Zeller.

The insect occurs from the valley of the Ohio southward to Texas. It is commoner in the south than in the north.

(2) Metaponia perflava Harvey, Plate XXIX, Fig. 42, 9. Not an uncommon species in Texas.

Genus CHAMYRIS Guenée

(1) Chamyris cerintha Treitschke, Plate XXIX, Fig. 43, 9. The species is found from New England and Canada southward to the Carolinas aud westward to Kansas. The larva feeds on the Rosacea. The insect is very common in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

Genus TORNACONTIA Smith

Two species have been attributed to this genus. One of them, which received the specific name sutrix at the hands of Grote, is represented in the annexed cut. It was drawn by Mrs. Beutenmüller from a specimen in the collection of the United States Museum of Natural History in New York. FIG. 158-Torna- The insect is found in the region of the Rocky contia sutrix, . . Mountains.

Genus THERASEA Grote

This is a small genus, represented in our fauna by two species. (1) Therasea flavicosta Smith, Plate XXIX, Fig. 47, ô. The moth occurs in the region of the Rocky Mountains.

Genus TARACHE Hübner

The genus is found in both hemispheres. It is well represented in our fauna, thirty-five species being known to occur within the limits of the United States and Canada. Eleven of

these are figured upon our plates.

(1) Tarache terminimacula Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 46, 9. The species ranges from Massachusetts to Illinois.

(2) Tarache delecta Walker, Plate XXIX, Fig. 48, 9. Syn. metallica Grote.

The range of this species is along the Atlantic coast. It occurs in the salt-marshes on Long Island and New Jersey, and ranges thence southward to Texas.

(3) Tarache flavipennis Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 52, 8. The habitat of this species is the Pacific coast.

(4) Tarache lactipennis Harvey, Plate XXIX, Fig. 45, f.

Not at all an uncommon species in Texas.

(5) Tarache lanceolata Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 49, 8.

This species, like the preceding, occurs in Texas.

(6) Tarache sedata Henry Edwards, Plate XXIX, Fig. 53 3. The habitat of this insect is Arizona.

(7) Tarache aprica Hübner, Plate XXIX, Fig. 50, 8.

The range of this species is from the valley of the Ohio southward to Texas and westward to Colorado.

(8) Tarache erastrioides Guenée, Plate XXIX, Fig. 54, . The moth is found in New England and Canada and southward so far as West Virginia and Indiana.

(9) Tarache virginalis Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 51, 9. The habitat of the species is from Kansas to Arizona. (10) Tarache binocula Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 44, 8. The range of this species is the same as that of the preceding. (11) Tarache libedis Smith, Plate XXIX, Fig. 55, 8. The home of this insect is New Mexico and Colorado.

Genus FRUVA Grote

The species belonging to this genus are southern and southwestern in their distribution. Six are known.

(1) Fruva apicella Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 56, o .

Syn. truncatula Zeller; accepta Henry Edwards.

A very common species in the Gulf States.

Genus SPRAGUEIA Grote

A genus of small, but very attractively colored moths, which requent the flowers of the Composite in the later summer.

(1) Spragueia onagrus Guenée, Plate XXIX, Fig. 57, 8. The moth occurs quite abundantly in southwestern Pennsylvania and the valley of the Ohio, and ranges thence southwardly. It is common on the blossoms of the golden-rod (Solidago.) (2) Spragueia plumbifimbriata Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 58,9.

This modestly colored species is found in Texas.

(3) Spragueia dama Guenée, Plate XXIX, Fig. 59, 8. Syn. trifariana Walker.

This is a common species in the southern States.

(4) Spragueia guttata Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 60, 8. This pretty moth ranges from Texas to Costa Rica.

Genus CALLOPISTRIA Hübner

(1) Callopistria floridensis Guenée, Plate XXIX, Fig. 61, 3. As the name indicates, the species is from Florida.

Genus METATHORASA Moore

A genus represented in both hemispheres, and particularly yell in Asia.

(1) Metathorasa monetifera Guenée, Plate XXIX, Fig. r.2, 9.

A native of the Appalachian subregion, ranging from Canada to Florida. Thus far it does not appear to have been reported from any locality west of the Allegheny Mountains. I found it one summer quite abundantly at Saratoga, New York.